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Heritage in Depopulated European Areas


Our project deals with the decline of the European periphery resulting in the loss of intangible culture, abandonment and the degradation of buildings and landscapes, and people who struggle to give meaning to their lives in depopulated areas. The primary goal of the project is to explore how fragile local communities resist the consequences of demographic change.  The basic theoretical point of departure is that individual and collective remembering of the past is inevitably complex and involves a process of conciliation, remembrance, and oblivion—ghosts of the past inevitably impact present day values. We will explore how depopulated communities and actors make sense of new realities and power structures in terms of policy, regulation and economic resources, and how these influence both actions and interactions. We will also focus on the stimuli of repurposing processes and the ensuing effects, consequences and potential of abandoned heritage.



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Heritage and Depopulation in Europe, Prague 27.-29.8. 2025

At the end of August 2025, HerInDep team together with the Faculty of Humanities will host a conference on the impact of depopulation in Europe. Save the Date: 27.-29.8.2025

11th Conference of the International Association of Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA)

As a part of the HerInDep results dissemination, Lenka J. Budilová presented a paper at the 11th Conference of the International Association of Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA) that was held in Prishtina, Kosovo, in September 19-22, 2024. The topic of the conference named "In, out, and between" was transnational and internal migration in Southeastern Europe.

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